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Elam Ward, discharged at Cumberland, Md., February 4, 1862.
Rufus Welch, discharged May, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Daniel Weatherlow, discharged February 18, 1853, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Henry Winslow, discharged ; no record found.
Charles Webber, captured at battle of Cross Lanes, Va., August 26, 1861 ; paroled January, 1862 ; discharged April 11, 1863, by order of war depart- ment.
Americus Witmer, discharged at Baltimore, Md., February 24, 1863.
Wade Wood, discharged at Dumfries, Va., February 17, 1863, on sur- geon's certificate of disability.
John W. Wickman, discharged November 20, 1862, for wounds received at battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862.
Henry Wetzell, transferred to field and staff as chief bugler, May 1, 1863, by order of Colonel Creighton.
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THE EIGHTH INFANTRY.
The Eighth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, like its immediate pred- ecessor, the Seventh, was first recruited under the president's first call for seventy-five thousand troops " to put down the rebellion." But the field life and vicissitudes of the Eighth were experienced in a generally different quar- ter from those of the Seventh, as we find them only engaged in the same bat- tles at Winchester, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
For the Eighth Infantry the county of Erie contributed the greater portion of Company E. The whole regiment was recruited between the 16th and 22d of April, 1861, and the 29th of the same month found the men at Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, awaiting orders to proceed to the front, but this movement was not made until July 9, following. They did, however, proceed to Camp Dennison on the 3d of May. The regimental organization was completed at Camps Taylor and Dennison, and the boys were at once put through "a course of sprouts," in order to make them as well informed on drill and mili- tary tactics as was needed in field service. While in camp on the 22d of July, 1861, came the president's call for five hundred thousand volunteers for three years service, and in answer to this call the whole body of the Eighth, save only Company I, enlisted for three years and was mustered into service on the 22d, 25th and 26th of June, 1861. On the 9th of July the Eighth left for Grafton, Va., in which region were extensive operations between McClellan and the rebel army under Garnett, the former then having much the best of it.
The first few weeks of regular army life for the Eighth were occupied in guard and station duty at various points in the Allegheny Mountains and along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and here they suffered severely from fever, over three hundred of the regiment being at one time in the hos- pital and unfit for duty.
The Eighth was first engaged at Romney, Va., on the 23d and 24th of September, and afterward on the 26th of October, in which engagements sev- eral men were killed and wounded, but the regiment proved that they had fighting qualities. These brushes ended the work of the Eighth for the year 1861, but the next year, from January to December, was almost a succession of skirmishes, attacks and battles, the most important of which were Winches- ter, Front Royal, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.
Early in January the regiment took part in the assault on Blue's Gap. On February 14 they had a sharp but brief fight at Bloomey Gap, and early in March moved to the Shenandoah, and under command of General Shields, par- ticipated in the battle of Winchester against the rebel army under Stonewall Jackson ; but preceding that fight the Eighth made a good record in skirmish- ing at Cedar Creek and Strasburg. This qualification led the regiment to be deployed as skirmishers on the evening before, and the morning of, the battle at
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Winchester, but toward evening of the day of the battle they were drawn into the general engagement and participated in the charge on the rebels' right funk, and by which they were thrown into confusion and utterly routed. Of the Eighth companies C, E, D, and H, were engaged in this fight, and about one-fourth of these were killed or wounded.
After Winchester was fought and won our skirmishing regiment, with the army, followed up the valley of the Shenandoah, giving fight to the enemy at Woodstock, Mount Jackson, Edinburgh and New Market, as only an active, skirmishing command can do. This was continued during March and April and a part of May, but on the 30th of the latter named month, under General Kimball, they participated at Front Royal, and skirmished a distance of eight- een miles. Here was captured the notorious female spy, Belle Boyd.
From Front Royal the brigade to which the Eighth was attached moved to Harrison's Landing, having daily skirmishes on the march. Arrived at that place the regiment was placed in the second corps, in Kimball's brigade and French's division. This corps acted as rear guard to the army during the re- treat across the Chickahominy, thence they proceeded to Alexandria. The Eighth acted with the supporting line at South Mountain, but not actively, but crossed the mountain and skirmished with the enemy at Boonsboro and Reedyville.
Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862. "In the advance," says Reid, "Kimball's Brigade formed the third time, Morris and Max Weber's preced- ing. They struck the rebel line and were driven back, when Kimball advanced at a double-quick, carrying the line handsomely, and holding it for four hours, and until firing ceased in front. During this time Sedgwick was driven back on the right, which made it necessary for the Fourteenth Indiana and the Eighth Ohio to change front, which was done most gallantly, and saved the brigade from rout. General Sumner pronounced Kimball's the 'Gibralter Brigade.'"'
After Antietam the regiment was constantly on skirmish duty at Hulltown, Snicker's Gap, United States Ford, in the reconnoissance to Leesburg and else- where, and then engaged in the terrible battle at Fredericksburg, Va., Decem- ber 13, 1862, where a loss of thirty-seven was sustained, after which the Eighth remained in camp during the rest of the winter, but early in May participated in the battle of Chancellorsville, where it was under constant fire for nearly four days, but lost only thirteen in killed and wounded.
In the Gettysburg campaign the regiment was as actively engaged as in any of its numerous battles. In that engagement, on the afternoon of July 2d, it was thrown forward beyond the Emmetsburg road, to drive the rebel sharp- shooters from a knoll, from which they were rapidly picking off men. At double-quick the position was taken, and held during the remainder of the fight, notwithstanding the fact that three separate assaults were made against it, once by a force three regiments strong. Besides this the Eighth rendered
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General Hay's division effective service. Gettysburg cost the Eighth Regi- ment over one hundred men in killed and wounded.
In August, after pursuing and skirmishing with Lee's retreating army the Eighth received much needed rest and quiet in a trip to New York City to assist in quelling the draft riots then raging.
Returning to the field the regiment joined the army at Culpepper, and par- ticipated in the operations and engagements at Auburn and Bristow Station, both in October, and at Robinson's Cross Roads, Locust Grove and Nine Run, the latter three in November, 1863.
The operations of 1864 were no less active with the Eighth Ohio. They opened the last six months of army service with the battle at Morton's Ford, on February 6th, after which they next participated in the Wilderness fight, oc- cupying a prominent position supporting the right. They recaptured a section of a battery that the Sixth Corps had lost. On the 6th of May they were en- gaged during the entire day, while on the 7th, 8th and 9th they again showed their remarkable ability for successful skirmishing. Again at Po River and Spottsylvania Court- House from the 10th to the 18th the regiment was closely engaged, and lost heavily of its few remaining though determined men.
From Spottsylvania Court-house to Petersburg the Eighth was constantly on the move, at North Anna River, Cold Harbor and elsewhere ; now at close quarters, again on the skirmish line, wherever they were ordered they went and did as they were ordered unflinchingly, and without a murmur of discontent.
At Petersburg, from June 15th to the 19th, were they on the field or in the trenches. In the latter place were they when their term of enlistment expired, June 25, 1864.
Then they returned home, receiving ovations and receptions at several places along the route. The Eighth was mustered out of service on the 13th of July, 1864.
Those of the regiment whose term did not expire in June were consolidated with the Fourth Regiment of Infantry and became the " Fourth Battalion Ohio Infantry," and were mustered out in July, 1865.
Roster Company E, Three Months Service.
H. G. De Puy, captain; James E. Gregg, first lieutenant ; John Bixby, en- sign; William D. Witherell, Zenas W. Barker, jr., Samuel M. White, jr., H. C. Jennings, George A. Scoby, D. VanKirk, Leonard Dewey Smith, S. G. Rossi- ter, Charles H. Reed, Charles M. Keyes, A. T. Craig, O. H. Rosenbaum, Phi- lander Derr, Charles G. Knight, William R. West, Benjamin E. Deely, West B. Jennings, S. M. Ricker, Frederick M. Burton, S. A. Johnson, Lewis J. Lick, Henry C. Morton, John W. De Puy, Eugene D. Bell, Bryant Headly, Charles Ruggles, Leonard B. Osborn, C. M. Chapman, A. W. House, R. WV. Spauld- ing, E. Warren, A. A. Curry, William Lisles, Roger Walsh, William Brady,
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Byron Wheeler, George Fuller, E. B. Fuller, Robert Latham, D. D. Bogart, J. Hinckley, Obed Caswell, Isaac P. Grover, George Quick, W. K. D. Townsend, Isaac DePuy, George J. Osborne, Lane Lockwood, Edward Hadley, Henry Conner, William H. Harris, Charles Clark, Burton Eigler, William Brown, An- drew D. McKisson, N. H. Chamberlin, James P. Harris, John Bartlett, Lester V. McKisson, Sexton Duley, Jefferson Dailey, John Dailey, N. H. Hammond, Horace R. Wood, Valentine Walter, Lyman Smith, Byron W. Hoford, O. E. Bacon, Harper Bill, William Wolverton, John House, Judson Willard, Peter Epp, Frederick Zorn, Benevil Slagal, John Donnelly, Sanford Harper, D. F. German, P. M. Cannon, W. W. Miller, R. W. Foster, G. V. Smith, F. B. Col- ven, C. B. Rone, Francis Pearson, Walter Caswell, William L. Banks.
Roster Field and Staff-Three Years Service.
Herman G. De Puy, colonel; resigned November 9, 1861.
Samuel S. Carroll, colonel; in command of brigade since May 4, 1862 ; wounded at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864; mustered out with regiment July 13, 1865.
Charles A. Park, lieutenant-colonel ; promoted to lieutenant-colonel from first lieutenant, company H, July 8, 1861 ; resigned November 4, 1862.
Franklin Sawyer, lieutenant-colonel; promoted from captain company D, to major, July 8, 1861 ; to lieutenant-colonel, November 25, 1861 ; wounded at battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863 ; brevetted brigadier-general ; mustered out with regiment July 13, 1864.
Albert H. Winslow, major ; promoted from captain, company A, Novem- ber 25, 1861 ; mustered out with regiment July 13, 1864.
Roster Company E.
James E. Gregg, captain ; served in 1863-4 as division inspector ; mus- tered out with company July 13, 1864.
Wells W. Miller, first lieutenant ; promoted to captain and assigned to company H March 11, 1862.
Alfred T. Craig, first lieutenant ; promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant March 11, 1862; to captain and assigned to company F March 4, 1863.
James K. O'Reiley, first lieutenant ; transferred from company B June I, 1863; mustered out with company June 13, 1864.
James D. Wetherell, second lieutenant; appointed first sergeant from pri- vate August 28, 1861 ; promoted to second lieutenant March 11, 1862; first lieutenant October 17, 1862, and assigned to company A February 23, 1863.
Lester V. Mckesson, second lieutenant ; appointed sergeant from corporal. August 28, 1862 ; promoted to second lieutenant March 4, 1863; mustered Out with company July 13, 1864.
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Zenas W. Baker, first sergeant; died August 28, 1861, at Oakland, Md.
Horace H. Bill, first sergeant ; appointed first sergeant from corporal 1861 ; sergeant-major June 25, 1861, and transferred to Field and Staff.
Romeo W. Foster, first sergeant ; appointed sergeant from corporal 1862; first sergeant June 18, 1864; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
John W. De Puy, first sergeant; appointed first sergeant from sergeant March 1I, 1862 ; sergeant-major May 1, 1862, and transferred to Field and Staff.
Charles M. Chapman, sergeant ; appointed corporal August 28, 1861 ; ser- geant May 1, 1863 ; wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 12, 1864; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Major S. Davis, sergeant; appointed corporal November 20, 1861 ; ser- geant April 15, 1864; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Henry Owens, sergeant ; appointed corporal November 1, 1862 ; sergeant June 18, 1864 ; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Augustus W. Porter, sergeant ; appointed corporal September 17, 1862 ; sergeant April 15, 1863 ; killed March 6, 1864, in battle of the Wilderness.
Samuel Edwards, sergeant ; appointed sergeant from private July 1, 1862 ; died from wounds received near Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
Oscar E. Bacon, sergeant; appointed sergeant from corporal March I, 1 864; died April 11, 1864, in United States General Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
Augustus Fergel, sergeant ; appointed corporal January 1, 1862; sergeant May 1, 1863 ; wounded at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864; mus- tered out January 20, 1865.
Aurelius A. Curry, sergeant ; appointed corporal June 25, 1861 ; sergeant May 1, 1862 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Frederick Zorn, corporal ; appointed corporal April 15, 1864; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Philander Derr, corporal; appointed corporal April 15, 1864; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Philip Gatz, corporal ; appointed corporal May 1, 1864 ; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Isaac Hinkley, corporal ; appointed corporal June 25, 1861 ; killed in bat- tle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
James Fernald, corporal ; discharged October 1, 1861, on surgeon's cer- tificate of disability.
Leonard D. Smith, corporal ; discharged July 31, 1862, on surgeon's cer- tificate of disability.
William Liles, corporal ; discharged April 1, 1863, for wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
Charles Simpson, corporal; appointed corporal November 20, 1861; trans- ferred to Sixth United States Cavalry October 23, 1862, by order of war de- partment.
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Alanson Yeoman, corporal ; appointed corporal November 1, 1863 ; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 1, 1864, by order of war department.
R. B. Cady, corporal ; died April 11, 1864; buried in London Park Na- tional Cemetery.
William Braby, musician ; no record.
Charles B. Roe, musician ; no record.
Privates.
James Anderson, killed May 24, 1864, in battle of North Anna River. John Allen, no record.
Frederick Allen, no record.
George W. Alspaugh, discharged June 30, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
William Brown, no record.
Jehial Bare, no record.
George D. Beatty, discharged December 25, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Samuel Beeler, discharged June 16, 1862, for wounds received at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862.
Martin Beck, reduced to ranks from sergeant September 17, 1862; trans- ferred to Sixth United States Cavalry October 23, 1862, by order of war de- partment.
Otto Boesch, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps by order of war de- partment.
Richard D. Brewer, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps by order of war department.
William L. Bretz, reduced to ranks from corporal November 25, 1861 ; transferred to Brigade Band May 1, 1862 ; to company E June 6, 1864 ; mus- tered out with company July 13, 1864.
Charles Clark, mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
John M. Conner, died September 24, 1862, at Antietam, Md.
Charles Cartwright, no record.
Frank B. Carter, no record.
Henry E. Conner, discharged May 1, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of dis- ability.
Samuel Cherry, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps by order of war de- partment.
George R. Derr, killed May 24, 1864, in battle of North Anna River.
Sexton Dudley, discharged January 24, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Jefferson Dailey, discharged December 10, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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John Dailey, discharged January 20, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of dis- ability.
Peter Epp, discharged January 12, 1863, for wounds received in action.
George E. Flanders, discharged November 1, 1862, at Camp Dennison, O., on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Stephen Giles, died March 27, 1862, from wounds received at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862.
Richard F. Gray, no record.
Harmon Groff, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry October 23, 1862, by order of war department.
Philip Grover, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry October 23, 1862, by order of war department.
William H. Harris, mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Henry H. Haines, no record found.
Frederick Harrington, discharged January 20, 1862, on surgeon's certifi- cate of disability.
John H. House, discharged July 7, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of dis- ability.
Stephen Hinkley, discharged May 3, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of dis- ability.
Patrick Hinchey, discharged June 1, 1862, by order of war department.
John Howard, transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry October 23, 1862, by order of war department.
William H. Haas, transferred to company A June 25, 1861.
John H. Jack, appointed first sergeant July 1, 1861 ; reduced to ranks April 6, 1863 ; discharged June 28, 1864, at Columbus, O.
Warren F. June, no record found.
James Jones, no record found.
Antone Knabiel, discharged January 1, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Lorenzo Luce, transferred to Invalid Corps September 14, 1863, by order of war department.
James D. Martin, died March 17, 1862, from wounds received at Win- chester, Va., March 23, 1862.
James Maiear, died May 12, 1862, from wounds received at battle of Win- chester, Va., March 23, 1862.
John C. McEnally ; no record found.
John McGinness ; no record found.
Adam Moose, jr. ; discharged November 18, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Henry D. C. Mills ; discharged November 20, 1862, for wounds received at battle of Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862.
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Martin V. Mixer ; discharged December 23, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Charles H. Merrick ; transferred to company H July 5, 1861.
Henry McDonald ; transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry October 23, 1862.
T. G. Maxwell ; died March 9, 1854; buried at Spring Grove National Cemetery, lot No. 210, Cincinnati, O.
Theodore Neile; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. ; prisoner of war in Ander- sonville June 3, 1864 ; no record of muster-out found.
Francis Pearson ; no record found.
William Paul ; no record found.
Thomas H. Pyle ; discharged December 3, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
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Henry S. Porter; discharged December 3, 1863, for wounds received at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862.
Frederick Renther ; prisoner of war from October 15, 1863, to June 10, 1864; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Edgar J. Reed ; discharged December 2, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Lerman Smith, wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862 ; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Joseph Stibel ; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Gustavus V. Smith ; killed in skirmish at Worthington, Va., September I, 1861.
Lyman Smith ; died September 11, 1861, at Grafton, Va.
John Smith ; died January 11, 1862, from accidental gun-shot wound.
Peter Shumaker; died March 25, 1862, from wound received at battle of Winchester, March 23, 1862.
Joseph T. Smith ; no record found.
Merrill Starr; discharged January 27, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of dis- ability.
Hugo C. Springer ; discharged December 2, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Frank L. Saeffing ; discharged April 8, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Henry C. Schenk; discharged August 15, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Franklin Trube ; killed in battle of Antietam, Md., September 17, 1862.
Albert J. Vining ; transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry October 23, 1862, by order of war department ..
Roger L. Walsh ; wounded in battles of Winchester and the Wilderness ; leg amputated; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
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Horace R. Wood; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
James M. Webber ; wounded at battle of Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864 ; mustered out with company July 13, 1864.
Valentine Walter ; died June 18, 1864, from wounds received at battle of Wilderness, Va., May 10, 1864 ; buried in Arlington, Va., National Cemetery.
Charles F. Warner ; no record found.
Fayette Walcott; discharged March 5, 1863, for wounds received in action. William Wilson ; discharged November 4, 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability.
Ebenezer E. Warren ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps September 30, 1863, by order of war department.
Christian W. Weidel; transferred to Sixth United States Cavalry October 23, 1863, by order of war department.
Jacob Weidman ; transferred to company A June 25, 1861.
Isaac Wilson ; transferred to commandant at Camp Cleveland, O., July 13, 1864.
THE TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.
The Twenty-fourth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized at Camps Chase and Jackson during the latter part of May and the early part of June, 1861. To its formation no less than eleven counties made a contribu- tion of men, young men, most of them, strong and active. The county of Erie sent into this command a large contingent of company E. The greater portion of this company was enlisted in June, 1861, but recruits were received during 1863 and 1864.
Although the regiment entered the service in June, it was not until about the middle of September, following, that it engaged in its first battle. During the latter part of July the Twenty-fourth left camp for Cheat Mountain, Va., where they encamped and prepared for guard duty. The enemy were within a short marching distance, and picket firing and skirmishing were not infre- quent.
On the morning of September 12 the regiment was surrounded by the rebel forces and barely escaped capture. Lack of proper vigilance was the cause of this disaster. But the boys soon rallied and formed a line of battle and made a stout and successful resistance, but not without some loss in killed and wounded. The roster will disclose the fact that as many of company C were killed or wounded at Cheat Mountain as in any other place, excepting possibly Chickamauga, Ga.
The Twenty-fourth was next engaged at Greenbrier, Va., on the 3d of October, where they were exposed to a heavy fire, but for all of that their loss was inconsiderable, two being killed and three wounded. This ended the fighting for 1861. The regiment proceeded to Louisville, Ky., arriving there on the 28th of November. While here the Twenty-fourth was attached to the Fourth Division of the Tenth Brigade of the Army of the Ohio.
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Late in February, 1862, the command reached Nashville, Tenn., where it remained some weeks, and then proceeded to Savannah, reaching that place on April 5, much worn and fatigued by marching over heavy roads, and wading through streams and marshes.
The regiment next participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, losing over thirty in killed and wounded, and afterward skirmished with the enemy on the march toward Corinth, which latter place the Twenty-fourth was one of the first regiments to occupy. In October the regiment was assigned to the Fourth Division of the Twenty-first Army Corps. At Perryville, on the 8th, it was present on the field but not actively engaged.
In December General Rosecrans moved toward Nashville. The Twenty- fourth was in an exceedingly unfortunate condition. Company A was on detached duty, and the balance of the command numbered less than three hun- dred and fifty serviceable men, sickness, discharges for disability, transfers, losses, and desertions having reduced the regiment to that number. However, with that strength the Twenty-fourth went into the battle of Stone River, Tenn., on the last day of the year 1862. It was given an important position in this battle, and held firmly, doing excellent service, but losing heavily, there being nearly ninety lost in killed and wounded, or about one-fourth its entire strength. Next came Woodbury, on the 24th of January, with but slight loss.
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